SOLUTION: If the first step in the solution of the equation -8 - 7x = -5x - 10 is "add 10," then what should the next step be? If the first step in the solution of the equation -x + 6 =

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Question 289127: If the first step in the solution of the equation -8 - 7x = -5x - 10 is "add 10," then what should the next step be?
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13x + 7 = 5x - 20 Solve for X
Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source):
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It really doesn't matter the order you do things in; however, in the first example, if you subtract 10 from both sides, you get:

Next, I would add 7x to both sides:

All that matters, is you eventually "isolate" the variable on one side, and the result will be on the other side of the "=".